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Tuesday, December 13

The group of us, just before silence descends. Really, most of us were already at least partly in silent-mode - I think we all were just completely and totally ready for this retreat, and ready and eager to set aside our "lives" for a short period of time to settle ourselves down with the Lord for awhile.